Laboratory for Innovative Housing

One of the projects we are working on is the upcoming NSF Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (INSS) conference - April 4-6, Charlotte, NC>
http://clas-pages.uncc.edu/inss/

Check out the new web page for the Elma C. Lomax Incubator Farm. The LIH is working with the farm to research the role of local food production in developing socially and environmentally sustainable housing / communities.

http://lomaxfarm.org/lomax/

Elma C Lomax Incubator Farm A collective effort of Cabarrus County and the North Carolina State Extension program to help new and aspiring farmers develop their business and skills.

Here is some more interesting reading about urban farming.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/19/us-farms-urban-idUSBRE86I0U120120719

Can urban farming go corporate? Farms have sprouted in cities across the country over the past several years as activists and idealists pour their sweat into gritty soil. Now Paul Lightfoot wants to take urban agriculture beyond the

The local food movement is a key area of interest for the LIH in researching sustainable communities.

Join a White House Hangout on Local Foods | The White House In a live Google+ Hangout, USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan and White House Director of Public Engagement Jon Carson will join women leaders across the country to discuss local food and agriculture, answer questions submitted by the public, and launch the latest version of Compass, the intera...

SWIFT Volunteers Needed for Friday, July 13th!!

-3 Full Day Volunteers! (9am-5pm)

-3 Morning Shift Only Volunteers! (9am-1pm)

Please contact Gina DeMatteo via email or telephone for more information!

[email protected]
(704)280 1065